Suffering Under Austerity, Northern Ireland Puts Up Fake Storefronts For G8 Summit

Suffering Under Austerity, Northern Ireland Puts Up Fake Storefronts For G8 Summit: When leaders of the world’s eight largest economies convene in Northern Ireland next month for a summit of the G8, they’ll be surrounded by fictitious prosperity. As the Irish Times’ Dan Keenan explained to Public Radio International on Wednesday, the town of Enniskillen is erecting facades over vacant storefronts to simulate active businesses in a [...]/p